Remote Wheelchair Skills Training Efficacy

Remote Wheelchair Skills Training Efficacy Coordinating Center

The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of remote training to teach clinicians how to train others in wheelchair skills.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Wheelchair Skills Training - Remote; Behavioral: Wheelchair Skills Training - In Person

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
      • South Florida Spinal Cord Injury System
  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
      • Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System
  • New Jersey
    • West Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07052
      • Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord System
  • Pennsylvania
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15219
      • University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 75 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18 to 75

Exclusion Criteria:

• Upper or lower extremity injury that would preclude the ability to use a wheelchair.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: Wheelchair Skills Trainers; Individuals will receive remotely delivered wheelchair skills training, after which they will be assessed on their ability to teach the Wheelchair Skills Trainees a series of wheelchair skills in a one-on-one environment. The intervention for this group is Wheelchair Skills Training - Remote.	Behavioral: Wheelchair Skills Training - Remote; Individuals will receive wheelchair skills training remotely. They will be provided with the Wheelchair Skills Training Program to review (http://www.wheelchairskillsprogram.ca/eng/index.php), and then will be directed to use this information to perform the wheelchair skills. They will video the attempts, and will receive feedback on methods to improve their techniques.
OTHER: Wheelchair Skills Trainees; Individuals will receive one-on-one wheelchair skills training from the Wheelchair Skills Trainers. The intervention for this group is Wheelchair Skills Training - In Person.	Behavioral: Wheelchair Skills Training - In Person; Individuals will receive wheelchair skills training in one-on-one sessions, taught by those who received the wheelchair skills training remotely.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline in wheelchair skills capacity of trainees at study completion as measured by the Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire	Trainees will have increased capacity to perform wheelchair skills after receiving one-on-one skills training.	Baseline, and at study completion ( an average of 3 weeks)
Change from baseline in wheelchair skills confidence of trainees at study completion as measured by the Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire	Trainees will have increased confidence in their ability to perform wheelchair skills after receiving one-on-one skills training.	Baseline, and at study completion ( an average of 3 weeks)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
• Collaborators: U.S. Department of Education

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Worobey LA, Kirby RL, Cowan RE, Dyson-Hudson TA, Shea M, Heinemann AW, Pedersen JP, Boninger ML. Efficacy of a Remote Train-the-Trainer Model for Wheelchair Skills Training Administered by Clinicians: A Cohort Study With Pre- vs Posttraining Comparisons. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Apr;103(4):798-806. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.03.042. Epub 2021 Jun 6.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): May 25, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): October 4, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): October 4, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 19, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 13, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 17, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): July 29, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 28, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Training; Quality of life; Participation
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Wounds and Injuries; Trauma, Nervous System; Spinal Cord Diseases; Spinal Cord Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: PRO18010289

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: There is no plan to share IPD outside of collaborators.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No